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incapable adjective [ ɪnˈkeɪpəb(ə)l ]

• unable to do or achieve (something).
• "Wilson blushed and was incapable of speech"
Similar: unable to, not capable of, lacking the ability to, not equipped to, lacking the experience to,
Opposite: capable of, able to,
• unable to behave rationally or manage one's affairs.
• "the pilot may become incapable from the lack of oxygen"
Similar: incapacitated, helpless, powerless, impotent,
Origin: late 16th century: from French, or from late Latin incapabilis, from in- ‘not’ + capabilis (see capable).


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